Damn!
The newish Creepy series reads like a best-of sampler of the
original title's finest moments. Old favorites and new blood mix to
deliver Grade A quality Horror with the same black humor and ironic
twist endings that fans of the original series know and love.

In
The Curse we see a young man with the ability to warp reality
earn his heart's desire. The gift becomes a curse, especially when it
becomes apparent that his mother has the same ability. This story
appears across three of the issues. This title is presented in the
same Horror anthology format as the original and uses multi-part
stories like the latter era of the title.

The
Doll Lady from issue 4 is another one that really stands out.
There's a local urban legend about a crazy old lady who has a
life-size baby doll in her front window. She supposedly lost her
daughter decades ago, went nuts, and dresses this doll daily. Kids
think that the house is haunted and it becomes a rite of passage to
knock on the door. A reporter whose brother went missing years ago
decided to investigate this lady and her doll collection...and that's
all you'll get out of me.

This
title is published quarterly, so years can pass between collections.
I don't mind the wait when the quality is this high. Volume 2 was
released recently.

Junk
Food For Thought rating: 4.5 out of 5.

The
OCD zone- Dark Horse makes good quality trade paperbacks. There
are two full color stories included which are exclusive to this
release, taken from the Internet-only Myspace Dark Horse Presents.

Paper
rating: 5 out of 5. I love the thick coated stock paper used in
this book. It's got that sweet toxic Chinese ink scent to it, likely
mixing in heroin, making it pleasurable to inhale and causing me to
buy more and more of these books.

Binding
rating: 4 out of 5. This has glued binding. Nothing to see here.

Cardstock
cover coating rating: 4.5 out of 5. The cardstock cover has a
coating of decent thickness.